VTB Capital has made two senior appointments to help drive its expansion in Asia. The Russian investment bank has hired Xin Lin as head of multi-product sales for China and Wei Chen as a banker in its corporate and investment coverage team. Both women are based in Hong Kong.
Lin will be responsible for sales and origination, and fixed income across Chinese corporate, investor and financial institutional clients. Functionally, she reports jointly to Philip Hamilton, global fixed-income sales, and to Makram Abboud, CEO for the Middle East and Africa and co-head of the international multi-product origination and distribution group. Regionally, she reports directly to Damian Chunilal, Asia CEO.
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